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The Tale of the Forever Game

Season 6, Episode 1, Aired Feb 06, 1999

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When Peter gets fed up with his tag-along sister Monica, he speeds up on ahead of her and his friend during their bike ride. They become separated and Peter finds himself trapped in a place where he's forced to play a mysterious game, and his friend and sister are trapped in the woods until the game is finished. If Peter wins this game, he'll be free to leave. But if he loses, he'll be trapped there forever.moreless

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Kyle J. Downes

Nathaniel
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Sarah Gadon

Monica
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Tod Fennell

Mark

Daniel DeSanto

Tucker (Season 3+)
Vanessa Lengies

Evangeline "Vange" (Season 6+)
Kareem Blackwell

Quinn (Season 6+)
Elisha Cuthbert

Megan (Season 6+)
David Deveau

Andy (Season 6+)

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Peter and his little sister are playing in the woods. When Peter finds an old tree, he finds himself in the tree playing this strange game, every space they land in the game has different effects on his sister, and friend.moreless

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By marieia, Dec 03, 2006

I really liked this episode, The forever game. Somewhere in the woods lies an old tree in which the person who gets stuck in the tree has to win a game or stay there forever. I know this idea has been done before, but it is still a neat episode. The game they play has effects on who ever is with them in the forest. Everything from Lightning, to an evil beast that won't leave them alone. This episode also has a really good ending that I didn't expect. Even though the idea has been done before in other movies, I still think this episode was really good.moreless
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After a boy who mistreats his friends and family steps into an ancient, creaking tree, he learns that must play a game that puts his sister and friend in jeopardy and that after it's all over, he may still be stuck there forever.moreless

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By chasmatic, Jun 04, 2006

The first episode of the new series, where Tucker reincarnates the apparently defunct Midnight Society with a group of his friends. He goes first, telling this fantastic little tale. It is a quite interesting idea, The Forever Game...a game similar to Jumanji, in that certain spaces make things happen in real life...and that there is a hunter-type character that never leaves, even after a person's turn is up. Despite, I actually like the premises for this game over Jumanji. And the fact that the "annoying little sister" freed her mean older brother and herself is a great "underdog"ish ending.moreless
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- Ted Fonnell, who plays Mark in "The Tale of the Forever Game," also plays Jim Gregory in "The Tale of the Silver Sight Part 2."
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- A Board Game was going to be released somehow similar to the forever game as it is the 1st episode of the 2nd series but the board game was never released.
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- Kyle J. Downes, who played Nathaniel in this episode also guest starred in the Are You Afraid of the Dark episode "The Tale of Vampire Town" as Adder.
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- While the opening title sequence and theme is the same, the newer seasons feature an updated version of the closing credits theme.
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- Technically this episode is supposed to be episode one, since the original version of the series was cancelled and brought back in the form of this new version.
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- This story was told by Tucker.
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